Java Generics and Collections
Java Generics and Collections By Maurice Naftalin, Philip Wadler
October 2006
Pages: 284

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Table of Contents

  1. Generics

    1. Chapter 1 Introduction

      1. Generics
      2. Boxing and Unboxing
      3. Foreach
      4. Generic Methods and Varargs
      5. Assertions

    2. Chapter 2 Subtyping and Wildcards

      1. Subtyping and the Substitution Principle
      2. Wildcards with extends
      3. Wildcards with super
      4. The Get and Put Principle
      5. Arrays
      6. Wildcards Versus Type Parameters
      7. Wildcard Capture
      8. Restrictions on Wildcards

    3. Chapter 3 Comparison and Bounds

      1. Comparable
      2. Maximum of a Collection
      3. A Fruity Example
      4. Comparator
      5. Enumerated Types
      6. Multiple Bounds
      7. Bridges
      8. Covariant Overriding

    4. Chapter 4 Declarations

      1. Constructors
      2. Static Members
      3. Nested Classes
      4. How Erasure Works

    5. Chapter 5 Evolution, Not Revolution

      1. Legacy Library with Legacy Client
      2. Generic Library with Generic Client
      3. Generic Library with Legacy Client
      4. Legacy Library with Generic Client
      5. Conclusions

    6. Chapter 6 Reification

      1. Reifiable Types
      2. Instance Tests and Casts
      3. Exception Handling
      4. Array Creation
      5. The Principle of Truth in Advertising
      6. The Principle of Indecent Exposure
      7. How to Define ArrayList
      8. Array Creation and Varargs
      9. Arrays as a Deprecated Type?
      10. Summing Up

    7. Chapter 7 Reflection

      1. Generics for Reflection
      2. Reflected Types are Reifiable Types
      3. Reflection for Primitive Types
      4. A Generic Reflection Library
      5. Reflection for Generics
      6. Reflecting Generic Types

    8. Chapter 8 Effective Generics

      1. Take Care when Calling Legacy Code
      2. Use Checked Collections to Enforce Security
      3. Specialize to Create Reifiable Types
      4. Maintain Binary Compatibility

    9. Chapter 9 Design Patterns

      1. Visitor
      2. Interpreter
      3. Function
      4. Strategy
      5. Subject-Observer

  2. Collections

    1. Chapter 10 The Main Interfaces of the Java Collections Framework

    2. Chapter 11 Preliminaries

      1. Iterable and Iterators
      2. Implementations
      3. Efficiency and the O-Notation
      4. Contracts
      5. Collections and Thread Safety

    3. Chapter 12 The Collection Interface

      1. Using the Methods of Collection
      2. Implementing Collection
      3. Collection Constructors

    4. Chapter 13 Sets

      1. Implementing Set
      2. SortedSet and NavigableSet
      3. Comparing Set Implementations

    5. Chapter 14 Queues

      1. Using the Methods of Queue
      2. Implementing Queue
      3. BlockingQueue
      4. Deque
      5. Comparing Queue Implementations

    6. Chapter 15 Lists

      1. Using the Methods of List
      2. Implementing List
      3. Comparing List Implementations

    7. Chapter 16 Maps

      1. Using the Methods of Map
      2. Implementing Map
      3. SortedMap and NavigableMap
      4. ConcurrentMap
      5. ConcurrentNavigableMap
      6. Comparing Map Implementations

    8. Chapter 17 The Collections Class

      1. Generic Algorithms
      2. Collection Factories
      3. Wrappers
      4. Other Methods

  1. Colophon

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